We are not Alone
by Hilton, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Near Fine
- Seller
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 8vo., burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board and spine, in the charming pictorial dust jacket designed by Bip Pares (6'-net); pp. [iv], 218, [ii]; a fine copy, with a couple of miniscule marks to prelims; jacket near-fine, very mildly shelf-worn with the spine a touch creased to head but retaining all of its brightness; a lovely example. First edition. We Are Not Alone has been compared to Goodbye, Mr Chips in its sombre depiction of discrimination in the build-up to the First World War. Set in the fictional English factory town of Calderbury, it follows the lives of the village surgeon, David Newcome, and his fateful relationship with Leni, a German dancer. Little is known about Pares, the illustrator of so many eye-catching dust jackets produced in the 1930s and 40s. Born in 1904, Ethel Pares studied at the Slade in the 1920s before becoming a commercial artist, producing illustrations and posters for London Transport before turning to dust jacket design. Most of her work is done in a highly commercial art-deco style, limited to two or three colours. She is purported to have produced over 600 examples over the course of her lifetime. A near-fine copy in this vibrant dust jacket. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1937.
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- Bookseller
- The Plantagenet King (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003284
- Title
- We are not Alone
- Author
- Hilton, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About The Plantagenet King
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